The Best Horror Movies to Stream on Amazon Prime for Halloween

Any time of the year is a good time for horror movies, but there’s something extra special about putting one on when the Halloween decorations are up. Scraping orange goop out of pumpkins, baking ghost-shaped cookies, and shoveling fun-size Snickers into your mouth just isn’t as great without a good spooky movie.

So what should you watch to get in the Halloween mood? Besides the obligatory annual Hocus Pocus marathon on TV, there’s plenty of awesome horror movies you can stream right now. We already gave you our top horror picks on Netflix, but Amazon Prime also has an impressive horror collection with everything from recent mainstream hits to obscure hidden gems. I’ve sorted through the options and picked out the 25 best horror movies on Amazon that offer a little something for everyone.

1. Let the Right One In

Directed by Tomas Alfredson

Magnolia

Cast: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson.

Watch when you’re in the mood for: An eerie, tender vampire love story that will make you forget about all the other crappy blood-sucker romances that came before — and after — it.

2. The Thing

Directed by John Carpenter

Universal

Cast: Kurt Russell, Keith David, and Wilford Brimley.

Watch when you’re in the mood for: A creepy sci-fi classic with awesome practical monsters and a killer Ennio Morricone score.

3. Carnival of Souls

Directed by Herk Harvey

Herts-Lion International Corp

Cast: Candace Hilligoss, Francis Feist, and Sidney Berger.

Watch when you’re in the mood for: An atmospheric B-movie about a survivor of a car crash who becomes haunted by sinister visions from a nearby abandoned carnival.

4. Green Room

Directed by Jeremy Saulnier

A24

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, and Alia Shawkat.

Watch when you’re in the mood for: A gory-as-heck, nerve-shredding thriller that pits a punk band against a mob of pissed-off neo-Nazis.

Watch when you’re in the mood for: The ultimate All Hallows’ Eve classic marathon, from Michael Myers’ first babysitter kills in the 1971 masterpiece to H20 and the Rob Zombie reboots — just in time for the new Halloween!